42 U.S.C. § 5180

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 5180 - Food commodities

(a) Emergency mass feeding

The President is authorized and directed to assure that adequate stocks of food will be ready and conveniently available for emergency mass feeding or distribution in any area of the United States which suffers a major disaster or emergency.

(b) Funds for purchase of food commodities

The Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize funds appropriated under section 612c of title 7, to purchase food commodities necessary to provide adequate supplies for use in any area of the United States in the event of a major disaster or emergency in such area.

42 U.S.C. § 5180

Pub. L. 93-288, title IV, §413, formerly §410, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 157; renumbered §413, Pub. L. 100-707, title I, §106(h), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4705.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 413 of Pub. L. 93-288 was renumbered section 416 by Pub. L. 100-707 and is classified to section 5183 of this title.

United States

"United States" means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Secretary

The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.